Ying gao

In the 1980s, when conformity was the rule of law in China, young Ying Gao got a glimpse of deviation from the norm at a Yves Saint Laurent exhibition in Beijing. “At that time I didn’t know what was beautiful, elegant, refined. I didn’t know that vocabulary, but what I remembered was something very different […]

Ying Gao is a Montreal-based fashion designer and University professor, as well as the former head of Fashion, jewelry, and accessories design Programme at HEAD-Genève…

Fashion designer Ying Gao has created Flowing Water, Standing Time, a pair of robotic dresses that respond to their environment as if they are alive.

2 5 2 6 by Studio Ying Gao is an exploration of materiality in fashion design; two robotic garments that simulate the effects of virtual clothing.

ying gao returns with new robotic garments, this time looking to the world of NFT and the metaverse for inspiration.

Designer Ying Gao has created dresses with eye-tracking technology that light up, move and change shape when they are looked at. The gaze-activated ivory dresses resemble jellyfish when they light up (right).

Ying Gao created two, lightweight, interactive organza dresses that move about and become illuminated when they are stared at by a spectator.

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Fashion designer Ying Gao has created Flowing Water, Standing Time, a pair of robotic dresses that respond to their environment as if they are alive.